Ok bear with me here for a moment.
I am considering using a ground blind this weekend, which I have only done for turkey on one previous occasion.
The last / first / only time I did I brushed it in good just like for deer hunting.
This weekend I have a good idea where man and I could set up and he would have a better than average chance at a longbeard.
The �issue� is that when they pitch out they do so into a field that is shaped like a football laying on its side, cut in half.
They pitch off to the top of the hill and then strut down the length of the field and turn off into a valley that cuts perpendicular to the field.
Here are the issue(s).
The field is bordered with woods but if you set up on the edge of the woods you can�t get a shot to the top of the hill (too far).
If you try and set up where the birds are GOING you have two choices. When they reach the valley they can go right or left and most of the time I pick the wrong one.
Thinking about setting up on top of the hill / ridge out in the wide open and try that.
There is one large stump right be where they will travel but it is only about a foot tall.
I can either set up against this stump with no cover (didn�t have time to build a natural ground blind) or throw the ground blind up right there in the middle of the pasture and hope the birds act like they do on tv when they put one or TWO blinds up in the middle of a field and birds flock all over them.
Putting the blind up the evening before is not an option.
Anyone ever set up like this?
Middle of a pasture field with absolutely no cover.
Ok just because I am bored and excited here is a little more information.
The red dot is where I will place the blind.
The trees you see in the field in this picture are not there.
The blue line represents the high spot in the field and the yellow line is the valley that cuts across.
I am considering using a ground blind this weekend, which I have only done for turkey on one previous occasion.
The last / first / only time I did I brushed it in good just like for deer hunting.
This weekend I have a good idea where man and I could set up and he would have a better than average chance at a longbeard.
The �issue� is that when they pitch out they do so into a field that is shaped like a football laying on its side, cut in half.
They pitch off to the top of the hill and then strut down the length of the field and turn off into a valley that cuts perpendicular to the field.
Here are the issue(s).
The field is bordered with woods but if you set up on the edge of the woods you can�t get a shot to the top of the hill (too far).
If you try and set up where the birds are GOING you have two choices. When they reach the valley they can go right or left and most of the time I pick the wrong one.
Thinking about setting up on top of the hill / ridge out in the wide open and try that.
There is one large stump right be where they will travel but it is only about a foot tall.
I can either set up against this stump with no cover (didn�t have time to build a natural ground blind) or throw the ground blind up right there in the middle of the pasture and hope the birds act like they do on tv when they put one or TWO blinds up in the middle of a field and birds flock all over them.
Putting the blind up the evening before is not an option.
Anyone ever set up like this?
Middle of a pasture field with absolutely no cover.
Ok just because I am bored and excited here is a little more information.
The red dot is where I will place the blind.
The trees you see in the field in this picture are not there.
The blue line represents the high spot in the field and the yellow line is the valley that cuts across.
